The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by bearerbox.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2017-6110 | The server daemons in Kannel 1.5.0 and earlier create a PID file after dropping privileges to a non-root account, which might allow local users to kill arbitrary processes by leveraging access to this non-root account for PID file modification before a root script executes a "kill `cat /pathname`" command, as demonstrated by bearerbox. |
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References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://redmine.kannel.org/issues/771 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T00:16:42.556Z
Reserved: 2017-09-20T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2017-14609
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-09-20T18:29:01.563
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-14609
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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EUVD